On behalf of Mei & Mark LLP, a leading minority-owned Intellectual Property and Litigation law firm based in Washington, DC, I wish you happy holidays and continued success in 2010.

I’d also like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support during 2009, the firm’s first year in existence. We could not have achieved our success without your support and encouragement.

My partner, Freeman Mark, and I started this firm on February 2, 2009, in the heart of the recession, with a vision that we will build up a team of exceptional professionals and provide top quality of legal services cost-effectively. The firm’s accomplishments in 2009 far exceeded our wildest expectations.

With great pride, I share with you a few milestones we have achieved in 2009:

* February 2009: Engaged our first client.

* February 2009: Filed our first patent application.

* February 2009: Signed our first major IP counseling contract.

* March 2009: Handled our first patent-related U.S. Customs proceeding involving design-around products (resulting in the first-ever victory for a Chinese company).

* July 2009: Filed our first suit in federal district court.

* August 2009: Engaged our first U.S. Fortune 500 client.

* October 2009: Submitted our first appellate brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

* October 2009: Sponsored the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Intellectual Property Law Association.

* Pro Bono: Represented a refugee in an asylum case and counseled several others on various matters.

Mei & Mark LLP provides clients high quality legal services in a flexible, cost-effective manner, focusing on the full range of IP practice as well as business law and complex commercial litigation. Mei & Mark LLP is a minority-owned law firm based in Washington, DC, and has been recognized as one of the Go-To Law Firms at the Top 500 Companies by American Lawyer Media.